Overview o First described by Dr. Jules Cotard in 1880 + He called it delusion of negations (delire des negations) o Believed it to be a new kind of depression + Anxiety + Hypochondriac Ideas + Nihilistic Delusions # Belief that the body or parts thereof are dead or missing. o Somatic Type Disorder o Distinct disorder or symptom of others? + Much debate within the field of psychology + No listing in DSM-IV-TR for this reason